Optical Cable (OCC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Optical Cable (OCC) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.83% in Q1 2026, up 143.08% quarter-over-quarter from 1.94% in Q4 2025, and up 1195.0% on a YoY basis from 0.06% in Q1 2025.

Optical Cable (OCC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Optical Cable's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.83% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1195.0% year-over-year to 0.83%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.83% (up 1195.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.28%, up 1124.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.83% for Q1 2026 at Optical Cable, up from 1.94% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 13.88% in Q3 2023 to a low of 21.77% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.88% across 5 years, with a median of 0.83% in 2026.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed surged 2744 bps in 2022, then sank 3565 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.46% in 2022, then jumped by 137 bps to 3.47% in 2023, then plunged by 508 bps to 14.17% in 2024, then surged by 86 bps to 1.94% in 2025, then soared by 143 bps to 0.83% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.83% (Q1 2026), 1.94% (Q4 2025), and 0.25% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 16.71%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 6.63%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 21.43%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -0.78%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 11.56%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 87.31%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -10.70%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -1.25%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 10.82%
10 Optical Cable 105.70 Mn 105.57 Mn 5.37 Mn 0.83%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.83%
Oct 31, 2025 -1.94%
Jul 31, 2025 -0.25%
Apr 30, 2025 -8.59%
Jan 31, 2025 -11.11%
Oct 31, 2024 -14.17%
Jul 31, 2024 -21.77%
Apr 30, 2024 -15.41%
Jan 31, 2024 -5.19%
Oct 31, 2023 3.47%
Jul 31, 2023 13.88%
Apr 30, 2023 11.88%
Jan 31, 2023 8.42%
Oct 31, 2022 1.46%
Jul 31, 2022 7.93%
Apr 30, 2022 7.34%
Jan 31, 2022 8.31%
Oct 31, 2021 4.26%
Jul 31, 2021 -7.05%
Apr 30, 2021 -12.35%